Checkrein-holder



{No Model.)

M. L. WINANS.

GHEUKREIN HOLDER.

No. 531,888. Patented Jan. 1, 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT MYRON L. WINANS, or wAoo, TEXAS.

CHECKRElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 531,888, dated. January1,1895.

Application filed July 14,1894. Serialhlmdl'LSQD. (No model.)

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MYRON LRVINANS, aicitizen of the United States,residing at Waco, in the county of McLennan and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Checkrein-Holders; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to improvements in checkrein hooks and attachmentsfor use on harness saddles and it consists of certain novel featureshereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which the same partsare indicated by the same letters and figures throughout the severalviews.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a harness saddle fitted with myimproved checkrein hook. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the deviceshown in Fig. 1, except that the checkrein is omitted, and Fig. 3represents a section along the line :2 w of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4represents a similar section of a modified form of the device.

A represents a harness saddle constructed in any suitable way.

B represents the checkrein hook which is secured to the saddle as willbe hereinafter described. The said hook is provided with a curvedgroove 1) on the forward side between the guide walls I). Mounted inthis groove b is a resilient plate or wire 0 which terminates in a smallhook c. The said plate 0 is held between the plate D in the saddle, andthe hook B by means of the pin (Z, as shown in Fig. 3; and these variousparts are held in the saddle by means of the screw c and nute. The headE of the screw c is enlarged as shown and fits snugly on the top of thesaddle A, terminating in a perforated lug a which is perforated as at ato receive the pivot pin ,7 of the bell-crank lever F. This bell-cranklever is rounded as at f to revolve freely over the shoulder c and hasits opposite arrns bent down as at f to rest on the saddle A when thecheckrein hook is in a locked position. This lever F may be made in thelink form having sides f connected together at f as shown, or it may bemade solid, and provided with additional holes f as shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1, if preferred.

The link H is pivotally connected to the le ver F as at f, or as at F,and the positions of these holes f or f are so arranged relative to thepivot center 6 that the resiliency of the plate 0 acting through thelink H, when the checkrein is in the locked position as shown in Fig. 1,will pull the face f down on the saddle and keep the checkrein locked inthe hook B.

K represents the checkrein, which is shown in the locked position inFig. 1.

In order to detach the checkrein from the hook B, the end f of the leverF is swung upward into the position shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 3,when the link H will assume the position indicated by the numeral 2.Then if the link H be swung up into the position indicated by thenumeral 3, the checlc rein may be readily disengaged from the hook.

In the form of device shown in Fig. 4 the resilient plate 0 is providedwith a button 0 by which it may be pressed down from the front farenough to allow the hook c to become detached from the link H. Moreover,the lever F is done away with and a lug E substituted for the parts Eand F, the said lug having a plurality of holes 6 by which properadjustment maybe given to the link H.

It will thus be seen that the herein described apparatus provides asimple and efficient means for holding the checkrein in po sition andpreventing it from becoming dis engaged from the hook, and at the sametime enables the attendant to readily disengage the checkrein from thehook whenever it may be desired. It also gives additional strength byholding at the top of the hook, and the hook is not likely to be brokenby-the horses stumbling, the strain or pull from checkrein being notentirely from bottom of hook, and the hook being able to yieldelastically.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a checkrein holder for harness saddles, the combination with thehook B grooved along its convex side, and a bent resilient plate'or wirefitting in said groove, and rig: idly attached at one end to the hook Band provided at its other end with a smaller hook c; of a linkl'engagingat one end the hook c,

I and connected at its other end by suitable means to the top of thesaddle; and means for 'engagingsaid hook in said link, and for releasingit therefrom, substantially as de-V scribed.

2. Ina checkrein holder for harness saddles,tl1e combination with thehook B grooved along its convex side, and a bentresilient plate or wirefitting in said groove, and rig' idly'attached at its lower end to thehook B and provided at its upper end with'asmaller hook c," of a linkengaging at one end inthe hook c, and connected at its other end to abell-crank lever attached to'the top of the saddle, the said bell cranklever being adapted to lock said link in saidhook a when moved in onedirection,and to releasesaid link from said hook 0 when moved in theopposite di- "rection, substantially as described.

3. 111a checkrein holder for harness sad-' dies, the combination withthe hook B, grooved along its convex side, and the bent resilient plate0 fitting in said groove, and rigidly attached at its lower end to thehook l3 and pro- 7 vided at its upper end with the hook 0 adapted 'toengage a link; of a link H adapted to engage at one end in the hook oand connected at its other end to the bell-crank leverF'pivotally'attached to the screw bolt e and to said link, and adaptedto lock said link when

